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UNITED STATES,

PATENT EEicE,

FREDERICK IV. MAYER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

MEANS FOR ATTACHING OR DETACHING ELECTRIC-LIGHT GLOBES.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,408, datedSeptember 29, 1896.

Application filed June 26, 1896. Serial No. 597,084. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. MAYER, a citizen of the United States,residing in Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meansfor Attachin g and Detachin g Electric-Light Globes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to means for attaching and detachinglight-globessuch as incandescent electric-light globes-to or from theirsupports, the object thereof being to provide a device of this characterwhereby such globes can be placed in position on a ceiling or wall orother high place, and removed therefrom, when desired, without thenecessity of erecting a scaffold or using a ladder to reach the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device not only simplein its construction and eifective in use, but also inexpensive in itsmanufacture, and which in the use thereof will facilitate the placing inposition and the removal therefrom of incandescentlight globes.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification,Figure 1 is a view of this device in position on an incandescent-lightglobe and showinga part of the handle or pole thereof broken away. Fig.2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, taken at right angles thereto Fig. 3 is avertical sectional view of the device with the pole or handle removedand showing an electric-light globe in dotted-line position. Fig. at isa plan view, and Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1, on a relativelysmall scale, showing the manner of placing or removing the device withrelation to the globe.

Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

It is a well-known fact that in buildings as now constructedincandescent-light globes are placed near the ceiling, or near the topof the side walls, or at other comparatively remote distances from thefloor, it being quite common to erect expensive chandeliers carrying alarge number of these globes near the ceiling; but as the filamentsthereof become broken, or the lights burn out or become otherwisedefective, it necessitates the use of a ladder in ordinary buildings andoftentimes the use of a scaffold in large structures, or makes itnecessary that the chandeliers be movable, in order to lower the'same topermit the light to be removed and replaced, and all of which is more orless expensive, both in time and labor, and is, moreover, exceedinglydangerous and especially so when the chandeliers are movable, as at sometime or other they are liable to fall-not being fixedly secured inposition-so that it is a great advantage to be able to remove or placein position an electric-light globe without the necessity of moving thechandelier or erecting a scaffold or using a ladder. Moreover, as theselights are now used in large numbers in stores it has been found inpractice to be a great hindrance to business to be put to the necessityof having a ladder placed in the midst of the crowded-store during thebusiest hours of the evening in order to remove the defective lights andreplace the same, and hence, in order to accomplish this purpose withoutthe disadvantages heretofore usually attendant, I have provided a lampattaching and detaching device whereby the use of a ladder or a scaffoldor the necessity of lowering the chandelier is obviated, and whereby thelamps can be quickly and easily detached from their support or socket onthe chandelier or other support and readily and easily replaced byothers with comparatively little inconvenience and trouble.

In a general way this device comprises a pair of members (designated byA and'B) secured together and a pole or handle operatively connectedthereto, said members being so constructed that they can be quickly andeasily placed around the globe or bulb of a lamp to engage the same,whereby on the turning of the pole the lamp will be unscrewed from itssupport or socket or screwed thereon, or whereby on the downward orupward movement of the pole the lamp can be detached or attached, as thecase may be, in that class of lamps which are not screwed into theirsockets.

In the preferred form thereof herein shown and described the member Apreferably comprises a ring-shaped member or band 10, (herein shownprovided with an inwardlyturned flange 11 for the purpose hereinafterset forth,) and which member is adapted to be placed in position aroundthe lower end of an incandescent-light bulb, such member or bandpreferably flaring outward to conform to the usual contour of such bulb.The other member B comprises a preferably substantially semicircularband 12, disposed concentrically to the band 10 and of a diameteradapted to engage the smaller or neck portion of the globe, said bandbeing preferably provided with outwardly-flaring ends 13, whereby thesame can be readily placed in position around the neck in a mannerhereinafter set forth. This band 12 is herein shown as of the samediameter from its upper to its lower edge. These two members 10 and 12may be fixedly secured in position relatively to each other by anysuitable means, whereby one will engage the relatively large portion ofthe globe and the other the relatively small or neck-shaped portionthereof; but in the form shown, and which is the prof erableconstruction thereof, such members are united by a series of connectingmembers or ribs 11-, equidistantly disposed and preferably shaped toconform to the usual contour of the globe. There may be any desirednumber of these ribs and they may be secured to the bands in anysuitable manner, such as integrally therewith or soldered or rivetedthereto or in any other desired way, and may be of any shape andconstruction adapted for the purpose, as flat or round, but they areherein shown preferably comprising a series of wires.

As a means for placing this device in position on the globe, the bands10 and 12 are herein shown operatively connected to a pole or handle 15.For this purpose a tubular member or socket 1G is provided and adaptedto be placed on one end of the pole or handle 15, which is reduced indiameter at one end thereof in the usual way for this purpose. Thistubular member 16 is connected to the lower ban d 10 by some suitable1neans-in the preferred form by a series of connecting members or ribs17, herein shown as ogee in construction, secured to the band or sleevein any suitable way. These ribs 17 are preferably so disposed that theends thereof will come as far as possible intermediate of the points ofconnection of the first set of ribs 14c with the lower band 10, wherebygreater rigidity and a firmer clamping means are ob tained.

In order to obtain a firm frictional engagement of these members 10 and12 with a globe, and in order to also prevent the breakage thereof, eachband is shown provided on its interior with a lining of some suitablecushioning material 18, preferably rubber, which may be secured inposition thereon in any desired manner, as by cement or by riveting thesame, in which latter case the heads of the rivets would be countersunkin the rubber to prevent contact with the globe.

The band 10 in the form shown has this cushioning orfrictionally-engaging material states 18 resting on the flange 11,whereby the same forms a seat for the rubber to thereby more thoroughlyhold the same in place.

Any suitable means may be used for securing the tubular member or socket16 to the pole or handle, such as by frictional engagement therewith, orthe socket may be made removable by securing the same thereto by a clampdevice, whereby different lengths of poles could be used and befurnished with each device, if desired, or the parts detached in orderto place the same in a smaller space, which objects, however, could bebetter accomplished by making the pole of separate members and jointedin the same manner as an ordinary fishing-rod, the sections, how ever,being secured against independent ro tation relatively to each other,whereby any desired length of pole or handle could be used.

In the use of this device when a light burns out or for any other reasonbecomes defective the device is placed at an angle to the lamp, as shownat Fig. 5, to permit the lower band to encircle the larger portion ofthe globe, and is then moved to permit the semicircular ban d to graspthe neck or smaller portion of said globe, whereby on turning the poleor handle said lamp can be unscrewed or otherwise dctached from itssocket or support, owing to the frictional engagement of the rubbermaterial 18 with such globe, in a manner that will be obvious withoutfurther description, such device being removed from the lamp when aperfect one has been placed in position by reversing the foregoingoperations, whereby, as before stated, incandescent lights when theybecome defective can be quickly and easily removed and replaced byothers without the necessity of a scaffold or the use of a ladder or thenecessity of lowering the chandelier for this purpose.

It will be obvious from an inspection of the drawings that the uppersemicircular member could be easily dispensed with and the upper ends ofthe ribs made to simply grasp or clamp the globe at the neck portionthereof.

It will also be understood that the device is adapted for use in orderto remove and rcplace globes which are not screwed into position butsimply inserted in their sockets, it being obvious that the engagementof the bands with the globe will permit this on the upward or downwardmovement of the pole or handle.

llaving described my invention, I claim- 1. A device for attaching anddetaching electric-light globes, comprising a semicircular band and acircular band, both of said bands being connected together and adaptedto engage an incandescent lamp at relatively remote points in itslength, and a pole or handle secured to said device.

2. A device for attaching and detaching electric-light globes,comprising a pair of bands secured together and of substantially thesame Width and adapted frictionally to engage an incandescent-lamp globedirectly at different points in its length, and a pole or handle securedthereto.

3. A device of the class specified, comprising a lower, circular bandand a smaller, upper, semicircular band concentric therewith, both ofsaid bands being adapted to engage an incandescent-lamp globe directly;a series of ribs connecting said bands together; and a pole or handlesecured to the lowe band.

4. A device for attaching and detaching electric-light globes,comprising a circular band and a substantially semicircular band; aseries of ribs connecting said bands together; a pole or handle; asocket secured to one end of said pole or handle; and a series of ribssecured to the lower band and to said socket.

5. A device of the class specified, comprising a relatively large bandand a relatively small, substantially semicircular band concentrictherewith, said bands being adapted to engage a lamp-globe directly atrelatively remote points in its length; cushioning or frictionally-engagin g material on the interior of each of said bands; and a pole orhandle secured to said device.

(3. A device of the class specified, comprising a relatively large,upwardly-flaring band and a relatively small, substantially semicircularband having outwardly-flaring ends,

said bands being adapted to engage an incandescent lamp at relativelyremote points in its length; and a pole or handle secured to saiddevice.

7. A device of the class specified, comprising a pair of bands adaptedfrictionally to engage a lamp-globe at different points in its length,and each of said bands being lined on its interior with rubber or othersoft material; and a pole or handle secured to said device.

8. An incandescent-lamp attaching and detaching device comprising arelatively large circular fiarin g band having an inwardlyturned flangeat its lower edge and a rubber lining on its inner face; a relativelysmall substantially semicircular band concentric with said larger bandand having outwardlyfiaring ends and also having a rubber lining on itsinner face; a series of ribs connecting said bands together; a pole orhandle; a socket engaging one end of said handle; and a series of ribsconnecting the lower band with said socket and having their points ofconnection with the relatively large band intermediate of the points ofconnection of the first series of ribs with said band.

FREDERICK WV. MAYER.

Vitnesses FRED. J. DOLE, GEO. A. HOFFMAN.

